‘What’s to do?’
‘—talk climate change incessantly—’ Continue reading
poetry
So anagrammatic
My literal realist (so irate) selects
recital reels, assails me with artless titles —
‘tart’, ‘sl*t’. An iota I’ll alter (retort: all lies!).
Take to the costlier cast; I’ll, the elastic.
Is love still possible?
In some future time
when it’s all breaking down,
when stars fall like arrows,
can I come round?
War of words
Roget’s thesaurus has more than enough synonyms for war in English. Here’s a few.
Wikipedia lists 59 active ongoing conflicts around the world, 14 of which have caused more than 1000 deaths in the current or past year.
War – what is it good for? by Edwin Starr (say it again)
Grandeur
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The river
[this looks much better on my site]
…on the desk the hands are lit.
Men are shuffling their feet,
tidy nails, a ring, a scar across the pinky —
watch hands & listen to the men… Continue reading
What I know about time (3) – haibun
I’m telling her the story. ‘There’s a scene in Inland Empire where Lorna Dern —’
‘It’s Laura,’ she says.
‘What?’
Bucolic (MM beach 34.48°S, 150.91°E)
You know how
when the drug (poetry) kicks
everything – cars, lawns,
a v-energy-boost can on the sand
– is glazed
with potential. Continue reading
Kitty or what I know about time (2) – haibun
Here’s Kitty leaving —
Day’s gone, it’s already dark and the insufficient street lights are coming on. There’s no colour in the traffic and the pavement is crowded. Everyone is walking out of brightness into shadow, hundreds of figures moving in and out of the murk.
— and she’s gone like an arrow. Continue reading
(in)constant emoji*
tears of joy face – infuses tone beautifully
eggplant – phallus – eggplant
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Peter Frankis writes 